minnekään

Finnish

Etymology

mikään +‎ -nne (sublative singular)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈminːeˣkæːn/, [ˈminːe̞kːæːn]
Rhymes: -inːekːæːn
Syllabification^(key): min‧ne‧kään

Adverb

minnekään (lative)

(chiefly in the negative) anywhere, (no)where
Menikö hän minnekään?
Did s/he go anywhere?

Et saa lähteä minnekään.
You are not allowed to go anywhere.

Älä mene minnekään!
Don't go anywhere!

Further reading

“minnekään”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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